Emirates will recommence passenger flights to Baghdad from 17 September 2015. The airline suspended operations in January of this year. Emirates will operate with four weekly flights to Baghdad, served by an A330-200 aircraft in a three class configuration. Sheikh Majid Al Mualla, Divisional Senior Vice President Commercial Operations, Centre for Emirates said: “After conducting … Read more
Gulf Air, the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, today announced it will increase its flights between Bahrain and Cairo from 12 to 14 weekly flights (double daily) from 24th August to meet high passenger demand following successful negotiations between the Kingdom of Bahrain’s Civil Aviation Authority and the Arab Republic of Egypt’s Civil Aviation … Read more
Emirates today announced four new weekly flights between Dubai and Phuket to commence on 1 December 2015. Adding a capacity increase of 57 percent the four new flights will introduce connectivity from most cities in the Americas for the first time as well as improve connections to a number of destinations in Europe and the … Read more
Pilatus Aircraft Ltd announced that the Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF) has signed a contract for the purchase of nine Pilatus PC-9 M training aircraft. The order also includes a simulator, training equipment and a comprehensive logistics support package. Keen to modernise its pilot training facilities, the RJAF has opted for the Pilatus PC-9 M, … Read more
Emirates today announced its plans to launch services to Panama City, beginning 1st February, 2016. The new service will be the longest non-stop flight in the world (17 hours 35 minutes in the Westbound direction) and will be Emirates’ first gateway destination in Central America. Service to Panama City, Panama’s capital and largest city by … Read more
Emirates has announced a new codeshare agreement with Thailand-based Bangkok Airways which is set to open up new destinations for Bangkok Airways and Emirates passengers from Europe, Australasia and South-East Asia regions. The new agreement will see Emirates’ code added to 19 Bangkok Airways routes across a number of Southeast Asian cities, adding a total … Read more
Emirates has expanded the network of destinations served by its highly-popular A380 aircraft with the launch of the first A380 service into Dusseldorf, Germany. The airline also celebrated its five year anniversary in Prague with a special one-off A380 service. Dusseldorf is the third German city to welcome a regular Emirates Airbus A380 service, the … Read more
Air Arabia announced today that the city of Multan in Pakistan will join its route network next month, bringing the total number of destinations in the country served by the low-cost carrier to six. Located on the banks of the Chenab River, Multan is home to more than three million people and is Pakistan’s fifth … Read more
Emirates is reinforcing its commitment further in Lebanon by upgrading both of its aircraft serving Beirut to an all Boeing 777 operation. The Airbus 330-200 currently deployed on one of Beirut’s two daily flights, EK 953/954, will be upgraded to a larger Boeing 777-200LR from 1 June, giving a 12% boost to seat capacity. Similarly, the … Read more
The new service, which was announced in January 2015 and started on 29th March, offers four flights per week. Goa is Oman Air’s eleventh destination in India, and the service meets strong demand from leisure travellers drawn by Goa’s famed natural beauty. Furthermore, it provides air travellers from India’s eastern coast with even greater opportunities … Read more